Chapter 345: Following the Example of King Jin, Raising an Army to Quell the Rebellion

Wuzhou City, Earl's Mansion.

As the Tang Dynasty Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian personally led the army from Jinling City, Wuyi Earl Liu Ziyu, who received the news, immediately ordered all the states in Youyun to prepare for war.

The city gates were closed and the grass and trees in the city were full of soldiers.

When the vanguard of the imperial army heading north arrived in Jinan Prefecture, Wuyi Earl Liu Ziyu, who was defending Wuzhou City and was in a state of panic, finally waited for the reinforcements from the distant Arab Empire - Bater, the son of the Turkic Khan Timur, who personally led 30,000 Turkic cavalry!

On the same day, under the call of Liu Ziyu, the garrisons of Wuzhou, Xinzhou, Weizhou, Ruzhou, Danzhou, Guizhou, Shunzhou, and Youzhou in the Youyun area of ​​the Tang Dynasty collectively announced the establishment of the "Anti-Rebellion Army" and issued an anti-rebellion manifesto, openly raising troops to fight against the court.

Liu Ziyu, former deputy general of Youyun garrison and Earl of Wuyi of the Tang Dynasty, named himself the general of the rebellion and led 100,000 garrisons of the eight states of Youyun to the south to quell the rebellion and clear the court.

Because this coup occurred during the Zhaowu period of the Tang Dynasty, later historians recorded it as the "Zhaowu Rebellion"!

When the 20,000 imperial guards led by Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian entered Zhuozhou for rest and reorganization, and headed straight for Youzhou City occupied by the rebels, the rebel leader Liu Ziyu also held the first military meeting since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty's anti-rebellion army in the Earl's Mansion in Wuzhou City.

In the meeting hall, except for Luo Ping'an, the commander of Youzhou City who faced the imperial court's anti-rebellion army, the commanders of other states all attended the military meeting.

There was only one topic for the meeting, which was how to fight against the imperial court's anti-rebellion troops heading north.

It is worth mentioning that Timur, the son of the Khan of the fallen Turkic country, was also among them, and attended the military meeting as the commander of the anti-rebellion army alliance.

At the meeting, Liu Ziyu, the commander of the anti-rebel army, reported the intelligence he had obtained to the commanders of the anti-rebel army in various states of Youyun.

Liu Ziyu said: "Everyone, according to the scouts, the tyrant Chen Huaian has assembled 250,000 troops to march west, and the first stop is to target our 16 states of Youyun;"

"At this time, the 20,000 imperial guards led by the tyrant Chen Huaian have already arrived at the city of Zhuozhou. According to my understanding of Chen Huaian, he will definitely go to Youzhou first, then go out of Juyongguan, and attack Guizhou, Tanzhou, and Ruzhou along the way;"

"The other army will go straight to Youzhou, then aim at Xinzhou and Weizhou, and then the two armies will join forces and finally take Wuzhou;"

"But-"

Liu Ziyu changed the subject and continued: "Based on the current intelligence, the tyrant Chen Huaian may not have the courage to send the 20,000 imperial guards to The army is divided into two routes;"

"His most likely battle deployment is to rest after taking Youzhou with all his strength, waiting for the follow-up troops from Jinan Prefecture to the north, and then divide the army into two, and carry out the next battle according to the analysis just made by this general;"

"Therefore, the top priority of our anti-rebel army is how to fight the defense of Youzhou well and kill the spirit of the tyrant Chen Huaian and the imperial army in Youzhou!"

As he said, Liu Ziyu clapped his hands and said, "Deputy General Li, you will introduce to the generals the current defense situation of our army in Youzhou City!"

"Yes, General!"

As he spoke, a fierce general wearing Mingguang armor and a ring-headed sword on his waist took the order and came out.

This person is Li Meng, the deputy general promoted by Liu Ziyu from the army, and also a fierce general from the Youyun area!